blue stain/bruise?

[Geckos_Are_My_Life]

Hello, I'm probably just being silly/paranoid but the other day one of my little babies decided to leap off of me(which they both seem to like to do -.- ) and she hurt herself because she was waggling her tail a lot like she was going to loose it and then held it stiffly for the rest of the day. I picked her up today and there seems to be blue colouration on the bottom side of the tip of(and a little bit above) her tail and bottoms of her feet and I was wondering if this was a bruise or if she had magically managed to find something blue to stain herself with ( there's nothing blue in her enclosure nor around the room especially on the floor). Thank you in advance for any advice given, much appreciated. =)

 

[acpart]

If it is a bruise it will heal. Not much you can do about it.

Aliza

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I don't know about the bruise from falling but she looks like she's missing most of her toes and has several scratches on her head and back. There could be stuck shed on her tail as well. If she is housed with other geckos she may be being bullied. I would get her into her own enclosure where she has free access to a moist hide to help with the shedding issues and no other geckos to push her around. I'd also try soaking her for 10 minutes in a half inch or so (up to her belly) of 90-95 degree water.

 

[sausage]

do you use newspaper in her viv? could be a source of colour.
Also if the tail was wriggling like you said and then stayed stiff it suggests to me that she has severed her tail but the outside skin has not detached. I have the same thing happen to one of my females (for different reasons though). Is the tail still stiff/hard? or is it flexible and the gecko able to move it?